George wettlaufer



G. WETTLAUFER.

PEA HARVESTER. N0. 593,261. Patented Nov. 9,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT FMQ GEORGE \VETTLAUFER, OF STRATFORD, OANADA.

PEA-HARVESTER.

SP'EGIFIGATION' forming parc of Letters Patent N0. 593,261, daecl November 9, 1897.

Application filed Ma.y 18,1896. Serla.l N'm 591,434. (N0 mod l.)

a detaehable insicle and outside shoe, so as 130 raise the pea-straw in such a manner thal; it may be readily actecl upon by the cutter bar of the mower.

The objee of the present invention is 110 connect tl1e said teebh to the lnger-bar that they may be easily attaehed and rea.dily detached indepenclent of eaoh ot-her zmd in such a warmer filmt oho saicl finger-bar is not in any way alt-ered 01 injured by holes 01 0therwise, 1zho said teeoh having a free vertical rocking movement, which will enable them 130 pass over obsoructions wihoun any fear of stmining the finger-bar and in such a manner tha they will regain their initia.l position wibhoub touohingthe saicl obstruotions, ancl oonsist, essenciafl), 0f a series of teeth whioh are pivoted upon a plate clamped to a lnger-bar formed to extencl over the same ancl ahnt against the en(l of a, guard. The insicle ancl outside shoes (or diviclers) am used to miso or lower tl1e lnger-bar 130 sni the ground. 'lhe wheel on ehe inside shoe relieves the weight on the finger-bar, am]. the length 0f the outsicle shoe enables lt in crossfing furrows so raise the bar and prevent the eeth from sticking 011 the opposite side of the furrow. 011 aceount 0f its peculiar shape it runs uncler and raises the pea-straw from off the ground, aud cloes not, like other peaharvester shoes, shell the peas.

Figure 1 is an enlarged persp6etive detail showing the manner of oonneoting the teeth with the lnger-bar. Fig'. 2 is a perspeotive cletail of oho rocking arm and forkecl elamp by means of which it is attachecl 130 the finger-ba1x F1 g. 3 is a perspecoive detail of oho outsicle shoe 01 divider, which is attaehed 120 the lnger-bar. Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the top of sho surface of he inside shoe,

which is attachecl to Ll1einside of the shoe 0n the finger-bar. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of ohe inside shoe. Fig. (5 is a perspectlve view of the finger-bar, showing my improved peoharvester teeh attached, together wlth the insicle and the outsicle shoes.

A representss a finger-bar of an orclinary mower, anal B the. guards of ehe same. A series of teeth C is secured in the following way 110 the finger-loar A: A bar D, shaped substantially as sh0wn in Fig. 2, is securecl to the finger-bar A by means of a forked clamp E, hold 110 the bar D by mea.ns of a sei screw or holt F, the saicl sei; sorew 01 holt F passing through one of tl1e series of holes a made in the bar D, so that the saicl bar D may be adjusted longitudinally in o1cler that its projeeting encl b may be brought against the end of one of he guarcls B, alle point 0f the said gn2ud fitting into one of the holes made in tho saic'l projecting ends b, as shown in Figfl. In this way the bar D ls securely hold in position. The ooth C has jaws (Z formed in it so fit over the end of lshe bar D, 130 which it is hold by means of the pivot-pinf, passing through the jaws (Z anal oho bar D. When t-he t0oth C is in its normal position, the shoulder formed 011 lt in front of its pivoo butt-s against the projecting end b, so that the sanld tooth G oannot fall below its proper position.

The outside shoe or divicler G is seeured in the following 1nanner t0 he lnger-bar A and is shapecl substantia-lly as shown in Fig. 3. The shoe G has two uprights g aml h. The upright h is rigidly seoured to the shoe G, and oho uprighb g is proviclecl Wll'll serraions g, whieh engage With similar serrations on the shoe. 'lhe uprigh g is secured by the holt 1' to the shoe alter its longitudinal posi 131011 has been adjustecl. The upright g has a serrated block l interposed beween lt and ehe outer guarcl S, ancl Ehe uprigh g is provicled with serrations f01 the block Zto engage wibh. The outer guard S is acljusably secured to oho upright g b y a holt m, passing through the block l, the guarcl S, an. through an elongated hole in upright g, ancl this holt is seoured loy a. nut 011 the inside of Ehe upright g. The point of oho saicl guarcl fits into a hole n in a block n. The block n is serrated and is secured in engagornent with ser- IOO 

